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Aargh, I am embarrassed. I've seen Young Frankenstein more than once (although not for years) and I think it's a great comedy. How could I have forgotten that line? Sorry, C.B. (and come to think of it, sorry Terri Garr. and Mel Brooks.) I'll have to watch it again, soon.

Thanks, Kinokima, great stuff, loved it. ( I didn't see anything from *Vertigo*, or any of his many Westerns, but that's ungracious nit-picking. When I can put together a tribute video like that myself, then I'll complain about others' efforts. I'm sure it's a lot of work, and a labour of love, to make those things. Have you seen tracey645's video tributes on the Favourites forum ?) Thanks again.

What ?? Teri Garr? Terri Garr ? This is the sexiest actress you can think of for a roll in the hay? She's all very well, but with so many actresses who are absolute mega-babes, I'm a little surpriseed ( not that I have any dislike for Terry Garr.) I thought you were a big fan of Ava Gardner. This roll in the hay business isn't based on actual living available actors and actresses, it's just a figuriative roll in the hay. I'm surprised, since we're talking about a roll in the hay, that nobody's as yet mentioned Jane Russell. Shirley all those publicity photos for *The Outlaw* weren't for naught (y).

kinokima, I hope you don't mind ...I copied something you said on another thread (the one about *Meet John Doe* ) and am transferring it over here, since I thought it was relevant, and I very much agreed with itl You commented: "...Although in general while I can take Jimmy Stewart Capracorn I can't say the same for Gary Cooper Capracorn. " My sentiments exactly. And I think the reason for that is, as I've said, Stewart was a better actor. I am not Coop-bashing at all, it's just a simple fact. Or perhaps what I'm trying to say is, whether James Stewart was a better actor or not, he was certainly a more interesting one. And he's much better at getting angry and indignant over wrongdoing etc. than Gary Cooper, who is so fastidious about overacting that to me, he underacts. No worries about that with our boy Jimmy.

JOEL McCREA ! JOEL McCREA ! As good as a song By Marvin Gaye ! (although in a different way.)

If you like Fairport Convention, you may like a group called Pentangle, whom I think are even better than F.C. One of my "desert island" albums would be a recording by Pentangle called Sweet Child. It's full of inexpressibly lovely music, sweet tunes, ancient and evocative folk melodies, some jazzy stuff, and perfect musicianship. I am frustrated to discover that nothing specifically from this album is on youtube, although many different versions of the same songs are. I love this album so much I'm posting a link to information about it,just in case anyone wants to read more about it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Child#Live_album In the meantime, here's Jacqui McShee and John Renbourne, original members of the group, performing a more recent rendition of one of the songs on Sweet Child. It's called "Watch the Stars", and it's apparently supposed to be both a children's song and a Christmas song. The former I can see, but I'm not sure what exactly it has to do with Christmas. Possibly the mention of stars. Edited by: misswonderly on Dec 12, 2010 3:01 PM Edited by: misswonderly on Dec 12, 2010 3:02 PM Edited by: misswonderly on Dec 12, 2010 3:05 PM technical stuff, plus my own ineptitude

tracey, you're absolutely right, Wanda sounds a lot like Patsy Cline - although she was pretty good in her own right. Even non-country music lovers like Patsy Cline. Did you know there's an off-beat little French-Canadian film called *C R A Z Y* (2005). The father in the story is a huge Patsy Cline fan, and her records play a small but important role in the film. It's actually pretty good. Here's a link about it : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.R.A.Z.Y. cujas, sorry to say, I never got into "Frankie Goes to Hollywood". Nothing against them, I've heard of them, of course. Maybe I'll explore their stuff a little bit, now that I know you like them. I'm sure there's lots of their music on youtube.

> {quote:title=traceyk65 wrote:}{quote} > Oh and since for some reason Ive never seen it, Id like to see The Bicycle Thieves as well, but I have no idea if that's been played on TCM before. Maybe a monthly theme on French/European film? New wave? Is that the term I want? The ones that came out in the 50's and were shown in Art Houses and so on? I'm not sure why so many people refer to this film as *Bicycle Thieves*, plural. At first I thought it was a different film altogether from what I know it as, viz, *Bicycle Thief*. When I saw it for the first time in a film class, that was what the professor called it, and I believe that was the translated title that showed up on the screen. I think of this film, which is very sad, and very good, as *Bicycle Thief*. Must have something to do with the translation. Here's an article about it, if anyone's interested: http://www.filmcritic.com/reviews/1948/bicycle-thieves/ Edited by: misswonderly on Dec 11, 2010 10:33 PM

JOEL McCREA ! JOEL McCREA ! "Ride the High Country" : Give it an "A" !

Wonder if Pinky White will show a mother fixation over Betty White?

Marc Bolan and his curly dark hair and Lord of the Rings persona - and his thing about cars. I think I used to have a crush on him (although I knew I didn't stand a chance, since I in no way resembled a car.) More Christmas music -sort of. Clarence Carter celebrates the delightful -uh, gifts- he brings to all the ladies. What could be more Christmassy than your very own Back Door Santa ?

Hey, cujas, apparently it's Brenda Lee's birthday today ! (found that out courtesy of Jake Holman's thread.)

clearskies, Alan Arkin was great in *The Heart is a Lonely Hunter*; he 's ab actor who can convey so much through his face. And he has a very distinctive voice, too - Although, naturally, you didn't hear him speak in that film. This fits with the "reading" part of this thread, because I've read Carson McCullers' The Heart is a Lonely Hunter , many years ago. In fact, I think I was too young to appreciate it, and should maybe re-read it. Some time...

JOEL McCREA ! JOEL McCREA ! Why does no one attention pay? (to my jingles...even if you don't like them, say so..say sometlhing, somebody, I've been writing them for months now, with no comment whatsoever. I really do like Joel McCrea, I certainly hope you don't think I'm assuming a derisive tone, that's not the case at all. I just have fun writing these silly rhymes, and I would like to see him as SOTM at some point. You'd think the sheer volume of them would elicit some kind of response - "negative publicity is better than no publicity at all." ) Edited by: misswonderly on Dec 11, 2010 11:30 AM

But there's more to the Mick's downward slide than that. He starts out "borrowing" money from the register to take out the dame, yes; but in an "cause and effect" cycle, he finds he needs to pay back the money sooner than he figured, because of some unexpected audit or something. So he has to get the money somehow, this time not for the babe, but to pay back the cash register , so he won't lose his job. Or get arrested. And everything that happens after that is a result of every individual event that preceded - a domino effect. This is one of the things I think is interesting about the film.

The reason they have not yet scheduled JOEL McCREA for Star of the Month is because they're waiting for more jingles about him. Comme ca: JOEL McCREA ! JOEL McCREA ! Who wouldn't want a roll in the hay ? (with him.) There, that ought to do it. Edited by: misswonderly on Dec 10, 2010 6:29 PM

> {quote:title=MyFavoriteFilms wrote:}{quote} > I think the Andy Hardy day is going to be fun (Dec. 16). I'm looking forward to it, though I do wonder why they are airing them in reverse chronological order...seems a bit odd. They got the entire Andy Hardy catalogue mixed up with *Benjamin Button.*

I had to throw away my martini glass and switch to hard English cider for that one. I don't know who's better, Sandy Dennis or Richard Thompson. No need to compare, since one's singing and the other's guitar playing. For some reason, it seems like a good time to listen to Pink Floyd's See Emily Play. Amusing early video the Floyd put together themselves - although I was tempted to go with the Teletubbies version. I saw no sign of a pink horse, however. (C.B., were you behind that anti-royalty ruckus in England, people attacking Chas and Camille in their Rolls Royce? I shouldn't be surprised.) Edited by: misswonderly on Dec 10, 2010 12:12 PM Edited by: misswonderly on Dec 10, 2010 12:27 PM

I always get "It's Too Darn hot" mixed up with " (We're Having a ) Heat Wave". Ann Miller's cute, as is her dancing, but I've always like "Heat Wave" as a song, better. I decided to skip the obvious - the Marilyn Monroe version, which never seems to really take off ( no pun intended), and went with some obscure other rendition , It' s quite campy, and there's lots of seat-waving going on. (By the way, *Kiss Me Kate* was staged at Stratford (Ontario) this past summer, Unfortunately it was one I didn't get around to seeing.)

Interesting...we're back to the Suspension of Disbelief matter again. MyFavouriteFilms, this is not a negative comment, it's a neutral observation about how everyoone's different: you and I have wildly different standards, ideas, expectations, whatever you want to call it, when it comes to our response to movies. I remember how you said you liked *The Great Man's Lady*, a film I thought was ridiculous; you overlook -as many people do - all the unrealistic and annoyingly unbelievable behaviour of characters in screwball comedies, a genre, which I know I've practically announced here, I usually dislike. And yet you found *Quicksand* mediocre and laughably unrealistic. I like it so much, I enjoy the unravelling of the Rooney character's life and seeing just how and why it all happens, and I found it far more engaging and believable ( not that it's a study in kitchen sink realism) than many films you seem to admire. These are not fighting words, I respect your opinion, certainly your right to express it, it's just interesting how differently we all view things.

I will indeed give *The Hitchhiker* another shot. It must be an age thing, I find if it's after 11 pm, I will often -completely involuntarily and even unknowingly - fall asleep while watching anything. It's not a reflection on the movie, it's a reflection of my incapacity to stay awake at night anymore. Ah, the days when I could take in a double feature and still be fully alert. I agree, the cast has everything going for it. Edmund O'Brien, oh yeah, fine actor. The boxed set I have with The Hitchhiker on it is not the one of which you speak - yours' sounds a lot better. Mine was , as I said, one of those cheapo quickie jobs (sounds like a heist in a film noir.)

Gee, Fred, what point size is that? 36? You must really dislike Mickey Rooney.

Hope she's more likable than her portrayal in the film. They really made her an annoying, whiney character in that.

FredCDobbs wrote (of *Quicksand* ): "...I think this is a very interesting film, even though it?s a low-budget ?B?,..." But Fred, I think low-budget B movies are almost always more interesting than so-called A pictures. I would re-word it thusly: "...a very interesting film, because it's a low-budget "B". "

kingrat, I call myself a hard core film fan, and yet the only movie I can think of offhand that I've seen by Joseph Losey is *The Servant* , (1963), starring Dirk Bogarde and James Fox. It's an extremely interesting exercise in -what? Role reversal, psychological manipulation, the craving for power. I really like it, (depressing though it is); I don't consider it to be a noir ( I know you weren't saying that), although there are definitely some of the psychological elements of noir in it . And it's certainly dark enough to be a quasi, honourary noir. (Can we have such a thing? Maybe someone should write a book about such hard to pin down films, entitled, Quasi, Honourary Noirs. I bet we could all think of a few films to contribute.) I've never seen T*he Criminal*.I looked it up, and it does sound as though it would be a good British film noir ( as opposed to a "Quasi, Honourary Noir"). Thre are actually quite a few good British films that you could call "Noir" (aside, of course, from the legendary *Night and the City*.) Has anyone seen *Clouded Yellow* ? Or *The League of Gentlemen* ? Pretty darned good. finance, "Armoured Car Robbery" is actually spelt without the "u". But I just have to put the "u" in. ("It's not me, it's "u".) mark, I have seen *The Hitchhiker*, it's on one of those ultra cheapo boxed sets I picked up for a song ( they gave it to me to make me stop singing ). But because it's so cheap, the flicks on it haven't been cleaned up, so both sound and image are fairly fuzzy. The lovely and talented Ida Lupino directed it, as I'm sure you know. I'll have to watch it again, I'm afraid I dozed through a lot of it the first time I watched it (not the fault of *The Hitchhiker*, I hasten to add. It's not Ida, it's me. ) My only complaint about my Noir Volume 5 set is, as I've mentioned before, the absence of commentary on any of the films. Sometimes these can be quite fun, or enlightening, or both. Wonder why they left them off this time?